At the turn of the 20th century, and in the following years, Palm was offering a considerable number of devices for people looking to buy PDAs and smartphones – years before Apple came along and shook up the industry with the iPhone, followed by Google with Android.

Palm, in the fury of competition, launched webOS in 2009, a successor to Palm OS. Unfortunately, things didn't quite work out for the company and ended with it being acquired by HP in 2010.

It’s been a few years since TCL have had the possession of Palm’s brand, but it seems that 2018 will be the year for it to make a comeback.

TCL’s General Manager for Global Marketing, Stefan Streit, have said in an interview with Android Planet, that the company intends to reveal new Palm-branded devices in early 2018. It’s unclear how many devices TCL plans to announce, but they are likely to be powered by Android, rather than webOS – that's solely being developed by LG for its smart TVs. Streit says that the company will market its products towards current-adults who grew up with the Palm brand in their young years.